Mark:
I am not sure if a rivet hammer would work or not. The work of fold forming seems to be a mixture forging and planishing. What would make me nervous with a power hammer is the proximity of my fingers to the hammer blows, being that jewelry is so small. To fold form some things takes hundreds or thousands of hammer hits and numerous annealings. I have been reading up on helve hammers, planishing hammers and reciprocating hammers.
The specific work I am needing a hammer for seems to be in the realm of a miniature forging hammer with a 1/4" stroke. I am not sure that exists, unless I have described a reciprocating hammer.
Ken
Quote:
Originally Posted by mark g
There's a guy near me who likes to use a small drop hammer for shaping originals in silver before he goes to wax. I wonder if a "one shot" riveting hammer with flat dies in a c-frame would do a similar job in less space. I haven't used one bit I think they give just one hard blow per tigger pull. Just a thought-
|